The new makeshift shelter at Floyd Bennett field will eventually house 2,000 migrants. Leaders are questioning the site's desolate location, potential for flooding and unusual living quarters.
from THU 12:00 AM EDT until THU 9:00 AM EDT, Southern Westchester County, Eastern Bergen County, Eastern Essex County, Eastern Union CountyMayor Adams announced the migrant shelter complex set to open within days at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. The plan is raising many questions over suitability and safety.The new makeshift shelter at Floyd Bennett field is getting ready to house 2,000 migrants in the coming days.
The area: Once an airport, then a naval base, then a park made up of 6 million cubic yards of sand from Jamaica Bay, is now an up and running migrant shelter.UNITED STATES -October 30: Tour of the newly erected Migrant Housing location at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn on Monday October 30, 2023. 1057. State Assemblywoman Jamie Williams joined Good Day to explain the uneasiness surrounding the plan.
"You're putting these women and children…in some type of a danger," Williams said about the bathrooms being outside.Inside Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter "Every time we open up one of these sites there is a dozen things that we have to address and mitigate… " NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol explained.
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